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IN THE NATIVE CAFÉ QUARTER
fair to reach our ears, for as we strolled up and down the Almées' street in the wake of three superb members of the native cavalry corps—"Spahis" as they are called—we were greeted from a doorway with, "How do you do, American gentlemen? Come see this shop to-day; we going back America to-morrow with new stock of goods. We catch so much money in Chicago." We entered and enjoyed a chat with two intelligent young Arabs who had picked up a little fortune at a tiny kiosk under the shadow of the Ferris Wheel. Toward evening, when cool shadows creep into the scorched and thirsty streets of this quarter, the Ouled Nayels are seen
